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DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings agreed to terms with winger Tomas Tatar on a $21.2 million, four-year contract Friday. The 26-year-old Czech native led Detroit with 25 goals last season and also had 21 assists. He has 20-plus goals in each of the past three seasons, including a career-high 29 in 2014-15. In 345

The Ottawa Senators and center Ryan Dzingel agreed to a two-year contract on Friday, avoiding an arbitration hearing. Dzingel’s contract has an average annual value of $1.8 million, the team announced. The Ottawa Senators and restricted free-agent forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau avoided arbitration by agreeing to terms on a three-year, $9.3 million contract. Dzingel, 25, scored

PITTSFORD, N.Y. — A scuba-diving treasure hunter has found the American Hockey League Hall of Fame ring belonging to Dick Gamble in one of New York’s Finger Lakes. Gary Gavurnik says he found the ring in Canandaigua Lake on Fourth of July weekend and plans to return it to the 88-year-old Gamble. The AHL said

The St. Louis Blues and defenseman Colton Parayko have agreed on a five-year, $27.5 million contract, avoiding arbitration. The restricted free agent had four goals and 31 assists last season after posting 33 points in his rookie year. He had five points in 11 playoff games last season. “I’m beyond excited to reach a new

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Sidney Crosby will mark his 30th birthday by again parading the Stanley Cup in his home province. In tweets sent out by the Sidney Crosby Hockey School, Crosby said he would hoist the trophy in the streets of Halifax and Dartmouth as part of an annual civic parade. “Get ready, the

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres forward Kyle Okposo is set to play in a summer league game, his next step while recovering from an undisclosed illness that placed his hockey future in question in March. “Da Beauty League” announced on its Twitter account that Okposo will make his debut Wednesday night. The six-team league features

We’re a few weeks into free agency, and almost all of the major unrestricted free agents have signed. But a few high-profile veterans are still looking for jobs. Here are five intriguing players who remain on the market, how people around the league view them and where they could (eventually) land. The 45-year-old future Hall

Each hockey season, the wish for NHL fans everywhere is that their team makes it to the Stanley Cup Final. An even bigger wish? To attend a game in person. Such was the case for Nashville Predators fan Andrew Fudge, who entered a Twitter contest — twice — in an effort to win free tickets

OTTAWA, Ontario — The Ottawa Senators avoided arbitration with restricted free-agent forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau on Monday by agreeing to terms on a $9.3 million, three-year contract. The 24-year-old center will earn $2.6 million next season, $3.3 million in 2018-19 and $3.4 million in 2019-20. Pageau had eight playoff goals last spring as the Senators reached

NEWARK, N.J. — Besides being a shrewd judge of talent and a superb deal maker, Lou Lamoriello also happened to be superstitious when he was the general manager of the New Jersey Devils. For example, Lamoriello prohibited any Devils player from wearing No. 13. Why tempt fate? When center Mike Cammalleri arrived in New Jersey

The Philadelphia Flyers signed 2017 No. 2 overall pick Nolan Patrick to a three-year, entry-level contract Monday, the team announced. Patrick’s signing comes shortly after the New Jersey Devils signed Nico Hischier, the No. 1 overall pick, to his entry-level pact. The Flyers announced late last month that Patrick had a second abdominal surgery before

Defenseman Brian Campbell, who won a Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2010, announced his retirement Monday after 17 seasons in the league. The Blackhawks tweeted that Campbell is “not done with the Hawks! Soupy will join the front office, assisting with marketing, community and youth hockey initiatives.” Brian Campbell played 17 seasons in

LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights have signed their three first-round draft picks along with defenseman Griffin Reinhart and forward Brendan Leipsic. The NHL expansion club announced the moves Saturday. Reinhart has 37 games of NHL experience with Edmonton and the New York Islanders, who drafted him with the fourth overall pick in 2012.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are custodians of the Stanley Cup again this summer — under the capable guidance (and white gloves) of Cup handler Phil Pritchard. What celebrations do they have in store for Lord Stanley’s chalice this time around? From the parade in Pittsburgh to a close encounter with Patriots quarterback Tom Brady at Penguins

Nashville is home to the Grand Ole Opry and the Country Music Hall of Fame, but these days fans in Music City are paying more attention to the action on center ice than at center stage. The Predators — who are facing off against the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins in Nashville’s first-ever Stanley Cup Final

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Forward Tyler Toffoli signed a three-year, $13.8 million contract extension with the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday, the team announced. Toffoli was a restricted free agent after getting 16 goals and 18 assists in 63 games with the Kings last season. He had postseason surgery on his left knee after struggling

A familiar chant has echoed around PPG Paints Arena since the start of the 2015-16 NHL season. Every time the Pittsburgh Penguins score — and they’ve scored a lot during that span — the same hard-rock mantra rings throughout the building as the hometown fans celebrate. So let’s get a party going, let’s get a

PITTSBURGH — Trying to make Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena seem just a little more hospitable, the Pittsburgh Penguins decorated the walls of their small, gray locker room with dozens of motivational posters. Scotch-taped over every inch of available wall space above lockers, on the bathroom walls and even in the hallway leading to the ice, was

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As Music City prepared to enjoy a few days at the center of the hockey universe, the Nashville Predators were searching for answers after losing the first two games of the 2017 Stanley Cup Final to the Pittsburgh Penguins. No doubt the Predators would make adjustments, but any real hope of evening

Jun 5, 2017 Paul GrantESPN.com Close Deputy editor at ESPN.com Six years at The Sporting News Also worked at Consumer Reports, Ottawa Sun, Peterborough Examiner, Toronto Sun Author of “Baptism by Ice” NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Pekka Rinne made 23 saves, including at least three to keep his team in the game, as the Nashville Predators

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mike Fisher‘s birthday present will have to wait. Country music superstar Carrie Underwood said she didn’t get Fisher — her husband and the Nashville Predators‘ captain — anything for his 37th birthday on Monday. She’s hoping Fisher can celebrate his birthday on another day — with the Stanley Cup if the Predators

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — While facing the media following the announcement from the National Hockey League that his 1984-85 Edmonton Oilers had been voted the greatest team in league history, Wayne Gretzky suddenly fielded a question from an unexpected source. After sneaking onto the platform as Gretzky and former teammate Paul Coffey faced the media, Charles

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Coach Peter Laviolette has a message for Predators fans attending Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final: Don’t throw anything onto the ice. Five catfish, several towels, a stuffed penguin and a cowboy hat hit the ice Saturday night in the Predators‘ 5-1 win over Pittsburgh, which pulled Nashville within 2-1 in

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jake Guentzel needs two more goals to break Dino Ciccarelli‘s single-season rookie playoff goal-scoring record, and the former Minnesota North Stars forward is rooting for it to happen. Ciccarelli scored 14 goals in the 1981 postseason, helping the North Stars reach the Stanley Cup Final, where they lost to the New York

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When NHL veteran Vernon Fiddler heard on Feb. 4 that the New Jersey Devils had traded him to the Nashville Predators, a variety of thoughts went through his head. With the Devils struggling on their way to a last-place finish in the Metropolitan Division, the trade afforded the 37-year-old forward one more

Jun 4, 2017 Paul GrantESPN.com Close Deputy editor at ESPN.com Six years at The Sporting News Also worked at Consumer Reports, Ottawa Sun, Peterborough Examiner, Toronto Sun Author of “Baptism by Ice” NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two goals within 42 seconds in the second period turned the tide and brought the Nashville Predators back into the

NASHVILLE, TENN. — “You go way back there. I can’t even see you all,” Alan Jackson said as he addressed the crowd between songs. The country superstar wasn’t pandering to the crowd as he performed a free outdoor concert just a stone’s throw from Bridgestone Arena, which by then was mere hours away from hosting